Four assertions about certification – All False
There are many interpretations, methodological approaches and discussions around the labour skills certification. Vocational training actors in the region are increasingly using the principles and methodologies related to competency-based training and certification.
But why is the topic attracting so much interest now? How clear are the reasons that lead different actors, public and private, to implement certification systems?
This paper has been prepared as an attempt to answer the questions outlined in the previous paragraph. The following is an analysis of four frequently debated assertions:
- A certificate is issued only at the end of a training course and after all the tests have been passed.
- Certification processes encourage social exclusion.
- In a certification system, the institutions that train, those that assess and those that certify must be separated.
- A certification system solves the problems traditionally attributed to training institutions.
In our opinion, all of them lack support, and that is why of course; We regard them as false.
